Markov Chains and Dynamical Systems (MCD), Spring 2025

Budapest Semesters in Mathematics

 
Péter Bálint
Email: balint.peter@ttk.bme.hu
Office outside BSM: Egry József utca 1, Building H of the BME campus, office 509
Here is a map of the vicinity of building H



 

  • A syllabus, containing the topics covered, the course requirements etc.
  • Log, to track what has been discussed at the classes.

  • Cancellations and Makeup classes:
    • classes on March 20 and March 21 canceled.
    • Makeup class on March 13, 2pm-4, room 002 (on top of the usual slot 10am-noon in room 105)
    • Makeup class on April 3, 2pm-4 (on top of the usual slot 10am-noon)
    • Makeup class on April 24, 2pm-4, room 002 (on top of the usual slot 10am-noon)
    • class on May 8, 10am-noon canceled instead Makeup class on May 8, 2pm-4, room 105

  • Quizzes:
    • this was the First Quiz on February 14, Friday
    • this was the Second Quiz on February 27, Thursday
    • this was the Third Quiz on March 6, Thursday
    • this was the Fourth Quiz on March 14, Friday
    • this was the Fifth Quiz on March 28, Friday
    • this was the Sixth Quiz on April 17, Thursday
    • this was the Seventh Quiz on April 17, Thursday
    • the Eighth Quiz is scheduled to take place on May 9, Friday, at the beginning of the class

  • Homeworks:

  • Midterm Exam: on April 4, Friday
  • Final Exam: on May 12, Monday, at 3pm
    • Sample problems on Dynamical Systems for the Final Exam, available HERE   

  • For a Probability recap, you may also consult Sections 1-10 in these Lecture notes, or Appendix A in Durrett's book
  • A cool animation by Alexey Korepanov on how Brownian motion emerges from a dispersing billiard
  • This video by Kelsey Houston-Edwards (PBS Infinite Series) is a nice intro to Markov chains

 



 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (see above).